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Math

Students will calculate the amount of time each route of the Underground Railroad took and determine which route was the fastest.

Students will calculate how fast a letter traveled from the front-lines of the war to back home in the North and how it compared to how word traveled by word of mouth in the South.

Based off of the money that the soldiers made in the war, students will make a budget of the money and show how they lived off of that and what they needed to save. Students will then calculate prices of food before the war, during the war, and after the war.

Students will calculate, if a Northern Soldier was paid $13 a month at the time of the war, how much would he make in a year? How much would he make in the duration of the war? If a Southern Soldier was paid $11 a month, how much would he make in a year? How much would he make in the duration of the war?

From the map drawn in social studies, calculate the percentage of states that left the union and the percentage of people that were slaves in the south at the time of the Civil War.

Language Arts

Before reading the book, students will be given a bingo card of vocabulary words. While being read the book, students will listen for the words and when they hear a word they will put a chip on that word until a Bingo occurs.

After reading the book, students will hear a statement and determine whether it is fact or opinion by moving to the North or South side of the classroom.

While being read the book, students will write down unfamiliar words they hear and then as a group we will chart the origins and definitions of the words.

Students will be given an option of two books to read and will be asked to write response journals on how they would feel if they were in that time period.

Students will construct a letter to send back home regarding what they have learned about the Civil War.

Related Arts

Students will get into groups and produce music with instruments provided portraying either the North or the South.

With the provided costumes of the time, students as group will draw a backdrop portraying what children in the North participated in. Students will then be able to take a picture as if they were back in that time period.

While being read the book, students will draw and color a Union flag and a Confederate flag.

Students will examine different images produced in the time of the Civil War and analyze the purposes of the different kinds of images produced. Students will then get into groups and discuss how the art impacted both sides of the war.

Students will compare the types of music produced in the North compared to music produced in the South. Students will then discuss with each other what kind of music did they like. Did they like both? One or the other?

Science

Students will calculate the speed and distance traveled from one battle to another. Students will then split into groups and will pick two sequential battles to calculate distance and speed. Students will then share with the class as a whole.

Students will do a hands on investigation on how the light bulb works. They will then compare the modern light bulb to the original flash bulb photography used in the Civil War.

Students will investigate the different types of medicine at the time of the Civil War and how it impacted how the war was fought.

Students will experiment with different materials and try to make different sounds from the materials to understand how sound is made.

Students will research information about food preparation and compare it to how the food is preserved and kept nowadays. Students will then discuss in groups which method they think is better.

Social Studies

Students will compare activities used by both the North and South to provide funds for the war. Students will then chart on how uneven the wealth was distributed between the North and the South.

Students will create a human timeline of the battles that took place in the Civil War. Students will be provided a particular battle and they will then get into chronological order in which the battles happened.

On the map the students already constructed,they will draw the routes of the Underground Railroad and then discuss how that impacted the South and the North.

Students will compare and contrast the school times back in the Civil War and duration of school times now. Students will then pick a side and argue pros and cons for their side.

Students will draw a map of the United States at the time of the Civil War and label the Union states in blue and Confederate states in red.

Related Books

Activity #5

From Salve to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story

Activity #4

A Possum's War Between the States: The American Civil War

Activity #3

You Wouldn't Want to be a Nurse During the American Civil War! A Job That's Not For the Squeamish

Activity #2

Magic Tree House: Civil War on Sunday

Activity #1

Dear America: When will this cruel war be over? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson